The 15-credit environmental studies certificate program can be added to any undergraduate major and enhances the value of a bachelor’s degree. Students who complete both the certificate curriculum and an undergraduate degree program earn an environmental studies certificate with their degree. Completion of the certificate program is noted on their academic transcripts.
Requirements
- Six credits of intermediate or advanced level course work
- A minimum of 8 credits must be taken in residence
- A 2.00 GPA in the certificate
- Courses taken on a pass/fail basis will not count toward the certificate
Foundation Courses (6 Credits)
- Take one course from environmental humanities or environmental social science
- Take one course from physical science or ecological science
- Courses used in the foundation section cannot also be used in thematic area
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Environmental Humanities / Social Science (Take One Course)
Environmental Humanities
| Department | Course | Title | Credits | geBLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENVIR ST | 113 | Environmental Studies: Environmental Humanities | 3 | __HEC |
| ENVIR ST / HIST SCI / HISTORY | 125 | Green Screen: Environmental Perspectives through Film | 3 | __ZEC |
| ART HIST / ENVIR ST / GEOG / HISTORY / LAND ARC | 239 | Making the American Landscape | 3 or 4 | _eZEC |
| ENVIR ST / RELIG ST | 270 | The Environment: Religion & Ethics | 3 or 4 | __HIC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG / HISTORY | 460 | American Environmental History | 4 | __ZIC |
| ENVIR ST / HISTORY | 465 | Global Environmental History | 3 or 4 | __ZIC |
| CLASSICS / ENVIR ST | 488 | Greeks, Romans and the Natural Environment | 3 | __HIC |
Environmental Social Science
| Department | Course | Title | Credits | geBLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENVIR ST | 112 | Environmental Studies: Social Science Perspectives | 3 | __SEC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 139 | Global Environmental Issues | 3 | __SEC |
| C&E SOC / SOC | 140 | Introduction to Community and Environmental Sociology | 4 | __SEC |
| A A E / ENVIR ST | 244 | The Environment and the Global Economy | 4 | __SEC |
| C&E SOC / F&W ECOL / SOC | 248 | Environment, Natural Resources, and Society | 3 | __SEC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 339 | Environmental Conservation | 4 | __SIC |
Physical / Ecological Science (Take One Course)
Physical Science
| Department | Course | Title | Credits | geBLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATM OCN | 100 | Weather and Climate | 3 | __PEC |
| ATM OCN | 101 | Weather and Climate | 4 | __PEC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOSCI | 106 | Environmental Geology | 3 | __PEC |
| PHYSICS | 115 | Energy and Climate | 3 | r_PEC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 120 | Introduction to the Earth System | 3 | __PEC |
| ENVIR ST / ILS | 126 | * Principles of Environmental Science | 4 | __PEC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 127 | * Physical Systems of the Environment | 4 | __PEC |
| ATM OCN / SOIL SCI | 132 | Earth's Water: Natural Science and Human Use | 3 | __PEC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG / SOIL SCI | 230 | Soil: Ecosystem and Resource | 3 | __PIC |
| ENVIR ST / ILS | 255 | * Introduction to Sustainability Science | 4 | __PEC |
| SOIL SCI | 301 | General Soil Science | 3 | __PIC |
| ATM OCN / ENVIR ST / GEOG | 332 | Global Warming: Science and Impacts | 3 | __PIC |
| ATM OCN / ENVIR ST / GEOG / GEOSCI | 335 | Climatic Environments of the Past | 3 | __PIC |
Ecological Science
| Department | Course | Title | Credits | geBLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEOSCI | 110 | Evolution and Extinction | 4 | __BEC |
| BOTANY | 240 | Plants and Humans | 3 | __BEC |
| ENVIR ST | 251 | Ecology and the Global Environment | 3 | __BEC |
| BOTANY / ENVIR ST / ZOOLOGY | 260 | Introductory Ecology | 3 | __BEC |
| F&W ECOL | 401 | Physiological Animal Ecology | 3 | __BIC |
| ENVIR ST | 413 | Preserving Nature | 3 | __YIC |
| BOTANY / F&W ECOL / ZOOLOGY | 460 | * General Ecology | 4 | r_BIC |
| F&W ECOL | 550 | Forest Ecology | 3 | __BIC |
Environmental Theme Courses (9 Credits)
- Students are required to take three courses (9 credits) from the thematic areas listed below
- Courses may be concentrated in one area or taken from multiple areas
- Courses used in the thematic areas cannot also be used in the foundation section
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Biodiversity
| Department | Course | Title | Credits | geBLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENVIR ST / F&W ECOL | 100 | Forests of the World | 3 | __YEC |
| F&W ECOL | 110 | Living with Wildlife - Animals, Habitats, and Human Interactions | 3 | __BEC |
| GEOSCI | 110 | Evolution and Extinction | 4 | __BEC |
| BIOCORE | 181 | Becoming a Scientist: Doing Biology Research | 2 | __BEC |
| ENTOM / ENVIR ST | 201 | Insects and Human Culture-a Survey Course in Entomology | 3 | __BEC |
| BOTANY | 240 | Plants and Humans | 3 | __BEC |
| ENVIR ST | 251 | Ecology and the Global Environment | 3 | __BEC |
| BOTANY / ENVIR ST / ZOOLOGY | 260 | Introductory Ecology | 3 | __BEC |
| ENTOM / ZOOLOGY | 302 | Introduction to Entomology | 4 | __BIC |
| BOTANY / GEOG | 338 | Environmental Biogeography | 3 | __BIC |
| ENVIR ST / F&W ECOL / ZOOLOGY | 360 | Extinction of Species | 3 | __BIC |
| ENVIR ST / LAND ARC | 361 | * Wetlands Ecology | 3 | __BIC |
| AGROECOL | 370 | Grassland Ecology | 3 | ___IC |
| ENVIR ST | 375 | * Field Ecology Workshop | 3 | __BIC |
| BOTANY | 401 | Vascular Flora of Wisconsin | 4 | __BIC |
| F&W ECOL | 401 | Physiological Animal Ecology | 3 | __BIC |
| BOTANY / F&W ECOL | 402 | * Dendrology: Woody Plant Identification and Ecology | 3 | __BIC |
| ANTHRO / BOTANY / ZOOLOGY | 410 | Evolutionary Biology | 3 | __BIC |
| ENVIR ST | 413 | Preserving Nature | 3 | __YIC |
| BOTANY | 422 | Plant Geography | 3 | __BIC |
| C&E SOC / ENVIR ST / GEOG | 434 | People, Wildlife and Landscapes | 3 | __SAC |
| F&W ECOL | 448 | Disturbance Ecology | 3 | __BIC |
| BOTANY / ZOOLOGY | 450 | Midwestern Ecological Issues: A Case Study Approach | 2 | __BIC |
| BOTANY / F&W ECOL | 455 | * The Vegetation of Wisconsin | 4 | __BIC |
| BOTANY / F&W ECOL / ZOOLOGY | 460 | * General Ecology | 4 | r_BIC |
| ENTOM | 490 | Biodiversity and Global Change | 3 | __BIC |
| BOTANY / ENVIR ST / F&W ECOL / ZOOLOGY | 516 | Conservation Biology | 3 | r_BAC |
| AN SCI / F&W ECOL / ZOOLOGY | 520 | Ornithology | 3 | __BIC |
| AN SCI / F&W ECOL / ZOOLOGY | 521 | Birds of Southern Wisconsin | 3 | __BIC |
| ATM OCN / PLANTSCI | 532 | Environmental Biophysics | 3 | __PIC |
| GEOG | 538 | The Humid Tropics: Ecology, Subsistence, and Developmen | 4 | __SAC |
| F&W ECOL / SURG SCI | 548 | Diseases of Wildlife | 3 | __BIC |
| F&W ECOL | 550 | Forest Ecology | 3 | __BIC |
| F&W ECOL | 551 | * Forest Ecology Lab | 1 | __BIC |
| ENVIR ST | 613 | Reproducibility Crises and Open Science in Environmental Studies | 3 | __NAC |
| F&W ECOL / ZOOLOGY | 660 | Climate Change Ecology | 3 | __BAC |
| BOTANY / F&W ECOL / ZOOLOGY | 672 | Historical Ecology | 2 | __BAC |
Climate
| Department | Course | Title | Credits | geBLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATM OCN | 100 | Weather and Climate | 3 | __PEC |
| ATM OCN | 101 | Weather and Climate | 4 | __PEC |
| ATM OCN / ENVIR ST / GEOSCI | 102 | Climate and Climate Change | 3 | __PEC |
| ATM OCN / ENVIR ST | 171 | Global Change: Atmospheric Issues and Problems | 2 or 3 | __PEC |
| SOIL SCI | 211 | Soils and Climate Change | 2 | __PEC |
| A A E | 246 | Climate Change Economics and Policy | 3 | __SEC |
| ED POL | 320 | Climate Change, Sustainability, and Education | 3 | __WIC |
| ATM OCN / ENVIR ST / GEOG | 322 | Polar Regions and Their Importance in the Global Environment | 3 | __PIC |
| ATM OCN / ENVIR ST / GEOG | 332 | Global Warming: Science and Impacts | 3 | __PIC |
| ATM OCN / ENVIR ST / GEOG / GEOSCI | 335 | Climatic Environments of the Past | 3 | __PIC |
| ENVIR ST | 349 | Climate Change Governance | 3 | __SIC |
| ATM OCN / ENVIR ST | 355 | Introduction to Air Quality | 3 | __PIC |
| GEOG / GEOSCI | 420 | Glacial and Pleistocene Geology | 3 | __PIC |
| ATM OCN | 425 | Global Climate Processes | 3 | __PAC |
| ATM OCN / ENVIR ST | 520 | Bioclimatology | 3 | __PAC |
| ATM OCN | 522 | Tropical Meteorology | 3 | __PAC |
| GEOG | 523 | Advanced Paleoecology: Species Responses to Past Environmental Change | 3 | __BAC |
| CIV ENGR | 525 | Case Studies Exploring Infrastructure Sustainability and Climate Change | 3 | |
| F&W ECOL / ZOOLOGY | 660 | Climate Change Ecology | 3 | __BAC |
Energy
| Department | Course | Title | Credits | geBLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHYSICS | 115 | Energy and Climate | 3 | r_PEC |
| E C E | 356 | Electric Power Processing for Alternative Energy Systems | 3 | |
| A A E / ECON | 371 | Energy, Resources and Economics | 3 | ___IC |
| BSE / ENVIR ST | 367 | Renewable Energy Systems | 3 | __PIC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOSCI | 411 | Energy Resources | 3 | __PIC |
| BSE | 460 | Biorefining: Energy and Products from Renewable Resources | 3 | |
| M E | 461 | Thermal Systems Modeling | 3 | |
| CIV ENGR / G L E | 535 | Wind Energy Balance-of-Plant Design | 3 | |
| M E / N E | 565 | Power Plant Technology | 3 | |
| A A E / CIV ENGR / ENVIR ST / URB R PL | 561 | Energy Markets | 3 | __SAC |
| N E | 571 | Economic and Environmental Aspects of Nuclear Energy | 3 | __PIC |
| A A E / ECON / ENVIR ST / URB R PL | 671 | Energy Economics | 3 | __SAC |
Food and Agriculture
| Department | Course | Title | Credits | geBLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGROECOL / C&E SOC / ENTOM / ENVIR ST | 103 | Agroecology: An Introduction to the Ecology of Food and Agriculture | 3 | __BEC |
| INTER-AG | 117 | GreenHouse Roots Seminar | 1 | ___EC |
| FOOD SCI | 120 | Science of Food | 3 | __BEC |
| NUTR SCI | 132 | Nutrition Today | 3 | __BEC |
| AN SCI | 210 | You and Your Food: Farm to Table | 2 | ___EC |
| SOIL SCI | 211 | Soils and Climate Change | 2 | __PEC |
| C&E SOC / SOC | 222 | Food, Culture, and Society | 3 | __SEC |
| PLANTSCI | 300 | Cropping Systems | 3 | __BIC |
| AGROECOL | 303 | Agroecological Systems: Working Towards Sustainability | 3 | __BIC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 309 | People, Land and Food: Comparative Study of Agriculture Systems | 3 | __SIC |
| PLANTSCI | 310 | Plant Science and Technology in Cropping Systems | 4 | __BIC |
| A A E / C&E SOC / SOC | 340 | Issues in Food Systems | 3 or 4 | __SIC |
| MED HIST / PHILOS | 344 | Food Ethics | 3 | __ZIC |
| A A E / NUTR SCI | 350 | World Hunger and Malnutrition | 3 | __BIC |
| CNSR SCI | 360 | Sustainable and Socially Just Consumption | 3 | __SEC |
| A A E / PL PATH / PLANTSCI | 367 | Introduction to Organic Agriculture: Production, Markets, and Policy | 3 | __BEC |
| PLANTSCI | 370 | World Vegetable Crops | 3 | __BIC |
| PLANTSCI | 376 | Tropical Horticultural Systems | 2 | __BIC |
| AGROECOL | 377 | Global Food Production and Health | 3 | __BIC |
| PLANTSCI | 380 | Indigenous Foodways: Food and Seed Sovereignty | 2 | __SIC |
| FOLKLORE | 439 | Foodways | 3 | __HIC |
| GEN&WS | 472 | Food for Thought: An Intersectional Approach | 3 | __SIC |
| C&E SOC / SOC | 650 | Sociology of Agriculture | 3 | __SAC |
Geospatial Analysis
| Department | Course | Title | Credits | geBLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAND ARC | 311 | Introduction to Design Frameworks and Spatial Technologies | 2 | ___IC |
| ENVIR ST / F&W ECOL / G L E / GEOG / GEOSCI / LAND ARC | 371 | Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing | 3 | ___IC |
| CIV ENGR / ENVIR ST / GEOG | 377 | An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 4 | __PIC |
| GEOG | 379 | Geospatial Technologies: Drones, Sensors, and Applications | 3 | __PIC |
| F&W ECOL | 395 | Data and GIS Tools for Ecology | 3 | |
| CIV ENGR / ENVIR ST / G L E / GEOSCI | 444 | * Practical Applications of GPS Surveying | 2 | __PAC |
| GEOG / URB R PL | 505 | Urban Spatial Patterns and Theories | 3 | __SAC |
| LAND ARC | 511 | Geodesign Methods and Applications | 3 | ___AC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG / LAND ARC / URB R PL | 532 | Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Planning | 3 | __SAC |
| ENVIR ST / LAND ARC / SOIL SCI | 695 | Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resources | 3 | ___AC |
Health
| Department | Course | Title | Credits | geBLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENTOM / ENVIR ST | 205 | Our Planet, Our Health | 3 | __BEC |
| ENVIR ST / HIST SCI | 213 | Global Environmental Health: An Interdisciplinary Introduction | 3 | __ZEC |
| A A E / NUTR SCI | 350 | World Hunger and Malnutrition | 3 | __BIC |
| C&E SOC / POP HLTH | 370 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 | __WIC |
| CIV ENGR | 422 | Elements of Public Health Engineering | 3 | |
| CIV ENGR | 423 | Air Pollution Effects, Measurement and Control | 3 | |
| SOIL SCI | 430 | Soil Pollution and Human Health | 3 | __PIC |
| ENVIR ST / POP HLTH | 471 | Introduction to Environmental Health | 3 | __BIC |
| ENVIR ST / POP HLTH | 502 | Air Pollution and Human Health | 3 | __BAC |
| GEN&WS / INTL ST | 535 | Women's Global Health and Human Rights | 3 | __YAC |
| HIST SCI / MED HIST / POP HLTH | 553 | International Health and Global Society | 3 | __ZIC |
| CIV ENGR / M&ENVTOX / SOIL SCI | 631 | Toxicants in the Environment: Sources, Distribution, Fate, & Effects | 3 | __BAC |
History, Culture, Society
| Department | Course | Title | Credits | geBLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLASSICS | 103 | Nature, Race, and Human Difference | 3 | __HEC |
| ENVIR ST | 112 | Environmental Studies: Social Science Perspectives | 3 | __SEC |
| ENVIR ST | 113 | Environmental Studies: Environmental Humanities | 3 | __HEC |
| ENVIR ST / HIST SCI / HISTORY | 125 | Green Screen: Environmental Perspectives through Film | 3 | __ZEC |
| ENVIR ST / ILS | 126 | * Principles of Environmental Science | 4 | __PEC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 139 | Global Environmental Issues | 3 | __SEC |
| C&E SOC / SOC | 140 | Introduction to Community and Environmental Sociology | 4 | __SEC |
| CHICLA / HISTORY | 151 | The North American West to 1850 | 3 or 4 | _eHEC |
| ENGL / ENVIR ST | 153 | Literature and the Environment | 3 | __LEC |
| AMER IND / HISTORY | 190 | Introduction to American Indian History | 3 or 4 | _eZEC |
| ENVIR ST / GNS | 210 | Cultures of Sustainability: Central, Eastern, and North-ern Europe | 3 | __HEC |
| ART HIST / ENVIR ST / GEOG / HISTORY / LAND ARC | 239 | Making the American Landscape | 3 or 4 | _eZEC |
| C&E SOC / F&W ECOL / SOC | 248 | Environment, Natural Resources, and Society | 3 | __SEC |
| ENVIR ST / RELIG ST | 270 | The Environment: Religion & Ethics | 3 or 4 | __HIC |
| AGROECOL / HIST SCI | 301 | (Horti)Cultural Roots: Human Histories of Plants and Science | 4 | b_HIC |
| ENGL / ENVIR ST | 305 | Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement | 3 | __HIC |
| AMER IND / ENVIR ST | 306 | Indigenous Peoples and the Environment | 3 | _eZIC |
| ENVIR ST | 307 | Literature of the Environment: Speaking for Nature | 3 | __LIC |
| ENVIR ST | 308 | Outdoors For All: Inequities in Environmentalism | 3 | _eSIC |
| ENVIR ST | 317 | Community Environmental Scholars Program Seminar | 1 | ___IC |
| ED POL | 320 | Climate Change, Sustainability, and Education | 3 | __WIC |
| ENVIR ST / HISTORY | 328 | Environmental History of Europe | 3 | __ZIC |
| F&W ECOL / ZOOLOGY | 335 | Human/Animal Relationships: Biological and Philosophical Issues | 3 | __BIC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 337 | Nature, Power and Society | 3 | __IC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 339 | Environmental Conservation | 4 | __SIC |
| AMER IND / ENVIR ST | 341 | Indigenous Environmental Communicators | 3 | beHIC |
| LAND ARC | 360 | * Earth Partnership Restoration Education: Indigenous Arts & Sciences | 1 | ___IC |
| LAND ARC | 363 | * Earth Partnership: Restoration Education for Equity and Resilience | 3 | __ZIC |
| ENVIR ST / HISTORY | 369 | Thinking through History with Animals | 3 or 4 | __ZIC |
| PLANTSCI | 380 | Indigenous Foodways: Food and Seed Sovereignty | 2 | __SIC |
| AMER IND / GEOG | 410 | Critical Indigenous Ecological Knowledges | 3 | __ZAC |
| ENVIR ST / HISTORY / LEGAL ST | 430 | Law and Environment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives | 3 | b_ZIC |
| ENVIR ST / PHILOS | 441 | Environmental Ethics | 3 or 4 | __ZAC |
| ENVIR ST / SPANISH | 445 | Culture and the Environment in the Luso-Hispanic World | 3 | _HAC |
| SPANISH | 455 | Contemporary Mayas: A Culture of Nature | 3 | __HAC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG / HISTORY | 460 | American Environmental History | 4 | __ZIC |
| ENVIR ST / HISTORY | 465 | Global Environmental History | 3 or 4 | __ZIC |
| ANTHRO | 477 | Anthropology, Environment, and Development | 3 | __SIC |
| CLASSICS / ENVIR ST | 488 | Greeks, Romans and the Natural Environment | 3 | __HIC |
| ENGL / ENVIR ST | 533 | Topic in Literature and the Environment | 3 | __LAC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 537 | Culture and Environment | 4 | __SAC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 557 | Development and Environment in Southeast Asia | 3 | __SAC |
| BOTANY / F&W ECOL / ZOOLOGY | 672 | Historical Ecology | 2 | __BAC |
Justice
| wdt_ID | wdt_created_by | wdt_created_at | wdt_last_edited_by | wdt_last_edited_at | Department | Course | Title | Credits | geBLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | ENVIR ST | 112 | Environmental Studies: Social Science Perspectives | 3 | __SEC |
| 2 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | ENVIR ST | 113 | Environmental Studies: Environmental Humanities | 3 | __HEC |
| 3 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | AMER IND / HISTORY | 190 | Introduction to American Indian History | 3 or 4 | _eZEC |
| 4 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | ENVIR ST / RELIG ST | 270 | The Environment: Religion & Ethics | 3 or 4 | __HIC |
| 5 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | AGROECOL / HIST SCI | 301 | (Horti)Cultural Roots: Human Histories of Plants and Science | 4 | b_HIC |
| 6 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | AMER IND / ENVIR ST | 306 | Indigenous Peoples and the Environment | 3 | _eZIC |
| 7 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | ENVIR ST | 308 | Outdoors For All: Inequities in Environmentalism | 3 | _eSIC |
| 8 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | ENVIR ST / GEOG | 309 | People, Land and Food: Comparative Study of Agriculture Systems | 3 | __SIC |
| 9 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | ENVIR ST | 317 | Community Environmental Scholars Program Seminar | 1 | ___IC |
| 10 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | F&W ECOL / ZOOLOGY | 335 | Human/Animal Relationships: Biological and Philosophical Issues | 3 | __BIC |
| 11 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | ENVIR ST / GEOG | 337 | Nature, Power and Society | 3 | ___IC |
| 12 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | ENVIR ST | 349 | Climate Change Governance | 3 | __SIC |
| 13 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | CHICLA / CURRIC | 354 | Race and Language in STEM and Environmental Education | 3 | _eSIC |
| 14 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | CNSR SCI | 360 | Sustainable and Socially Just Consumption | 3 | __SEC |
| 15 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | LAND ARC | 360 | Earth Partnership Restoration Education: Indigenous Arts & Sciences | 1 | ___IC |
| 16 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | ECON | 370 | Economics of Poverty and Inequality | 3 | __SIC |
| 17 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | A A E / INTL ST | 373 | Globalization, Poverty and Development | 3 | __SIC |
| 18 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | AMER IND / GEOG | 410 | Critical Indigenous Ecological Knowledges | 3 | __ZAC |
| 19 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | ENVIR ST | 413 | Preserving Nature | 3 | __YIC |
| 20 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | ENVIR ST / HISTORY / LEGAL ST | 430 | Law and Environment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives | 3 | b_ZIC |
| 21 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | ENVIR ST / PHILOS | 441 | Environmental Ethics | 3 or 4 | __ZAC |
| 22 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | GEN&WS | 472 | Food for Thought: An Intersectional Approach | 3 | __SIC |
| 23 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | A A E / ECON | 474 | Economic Problems of Developing Areas | 3 | __SIC |
| 24 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | ANTHRO | 477 | Anthropology, Environment, and Development | 3 | __SIC |
| 25 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | ENVIR ST / GEOG | 534 | Environmental Governance: Markets, States and Nature | 3 | ___AC |
| 26 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | C&E SOC / ENVIR ST / SOC | 540 | Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability | 3 | __SIC |
| 27 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | C&E SOC / SOC | 541 | Environmental Stewardship and Social Justice | 3 | __SAC |
| 28 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | C&E SOC / SOC | 573 | Community Organization and Change | 3 | __SAC |
| 29 | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | eklister@wisc.edu | 04/06/2025 10:52 AM | CIV ENGR / M&ENVTOX / SOIL SCI | 631 | Toxicants in the Environment: Sources, Distribution, Fate, & Effects | 3 | __BAC |
Land Use
| Department | Course | Title | Credits | geBLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMER IND / LAND ARC | 106 | * Earth Partnership Indigenous Arts and Sciences | 3 | _e_EC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOSCI | 106 | Environmental Geology | 3 | __PEC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 120 | Introduction to the Earth System | 3 | __PEC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 127 | * Physical Systems of the Environment | 4 | __PEC |
| LAND ARC | 211 | Shaping the Built Environment | 3 | __NEC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG / SOIL SCI | 230 | Soil: Ecosystem and Resource | 3 | __PIC |
| SOIL SCI | 301 | General Soil Science | 3 | __PIC |
| SOIL SCI | 302 | * Meet Your Soil: Soil Analysis and Interpretation Laboratory | 1 | __PIC |
| GEOG / URB R PL | 305 | Introduction to the City | 3 or 4 | _eSIC |
| A A E / ECON / REAL EST / URB R PL | 306 | The Real Estate Process | 3 | __SIC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 309 | People, Land and Food: Comparative Study of Agriculture Systems | 3 | __SIC |
| LAND ARC | 311 | Introduction to Design Frameworks and Spatial Technologies | 2 | ___IC |
| ENVIR ST / SOIL SCI | 324 | Soils and Environmental Quality | 3 | __PIC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 333 | Green Urbanism | 3 | __SIC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 337 | Nature, Power and Society | 3 | ___IC |
| BOTANY / GEOG | 338 | Environmental Biogeography | 3 | __BIC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 339 | Environmental Conservation | 4 | __SIC |
| GEOG | 344 | Changing Landscapes of the American West | 3 | __WIC |
| CNSR SCI | 360 | Sustainable and Socially Just Consumption | 3 | __SEC |
| LAND ARC | 373 | * Mindfulness in Restorative Environments | 3 | __HIC |
| LAND ARC | 380 | Plants for Ecological Design I | 2 | __NIC |
| LAND ARC | 381 | Plants for Ecological Design II | 1 | __NIC |
| F&W ECOL | 410 | Principles of Silviculture | 3 | __BIC |
| ECON / REAL EST / URB R PL | 420 | Urban and Regional Economics | 3 | __SAC |
| SOIL SCI | 430 | Soil Pollution and Human Health | 3 | __PIC |
| C&E SOC / ENVIR ST / GEOG | 434 | People, Wildlife and Landscapes | 3 | __SAC |
| ECON / ENVIR ST / POLI SCI / URB R PL | 449 | Government and Natural Resources | 3 or 4 | __SIC |
| F&W ECOL / SOIL SCI | 451 | Environmental Biogeochemistry | 3 | __BIC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG / HISTORY | 460 | American Environmental History | 4 | __ZIC |
| LAND ARC / URB R PL | 463 | Evolution of American Planning | 3 | __SIC |
| GEOG / URB R PL | 505 | Urban Spatial Patterns and Theories | 3 | __SAC |
| LAND ARC | 511 | Geodesign Methods and Applications | 3 | ___AC |
| ENVIR ST / F&W ECOL | 515 | Natural Resources Policy | 3 | b_SIC |
| BOTANY / ENVIR ST / F&W ECOL / ZOOLOGY | 516 | Conservation Biology | 3 | r_BAC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 537 | Culture and Environment | 4 | __SAC |
| GEOG | 538 | The Humid Tropics: Ecology, Subsistence, and Development | 4 | __SAC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 557 | Development and Environment in Southeast Asia | 3 | __SAC |
| ENVIR ST / SOIL SCI | 575 | Assessment of Environmental Impact | 3 | __PIC |
| ENVIR ST / LAND ARC | 581 | * Prescribed Fire: Ecology and Implementation | 3 | ___AC |
| URB R PL | 601 | Site Planning | 3 | __ZAC |
| LAND ARC | 668 | * Restoration Ecology | 3 | __BAC |
| LAND ARC | 677 | Cultural Resource Preservation and Landscape History | 3 | __HAC |
| ENVIR ST / LAND ARC / SOIL SCI | 695 | Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resources | 3 | ___AC |
Policy
| Department | Course | Title | Credits | geBLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| URB R PL | 215 | Welcome to Your Urban Future | 3 | __HEC |
| A A E / ENVIR ST | 244 | The Environment and the Global Economy | 4 | __SEC |
| POLI SCI | 272 | Introduction to Public Policy | 3 or 4 | __SIC |
| ENGL / ENVIR ST | 305 | Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement | 3 | __HIC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 309 | People, Land and Food: Comparative Study of Agriculture Systems | 3 | __SIC |
| M H R | 310 | Challenges & Solutions in Business Sustainability | 3 | __SIC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 339 | Environmental Conservation | 4 | __SIC |
| PUB AFFR | 340 | Intermediate Evidence-Based Policymaking and Communication | 3 | __SIC |
| A A E / ECON / ENVIR ST | 343 | Environmental Economics | 3 or 4 | __SIC |
| AMER IND / ENVIR ST / GEOG | 345 | Caring for Nature in Native North America | 3 | _eSIC |
| ENVIR ST | 349 | Climate Change Governance | 3 | __SIC |
| CHICLA / CURRIC | 354 | Race and Language in STEM and Environmental Education | 3 | _eSIC |
| PUB AFFR | 366 | U.S. Environmental Politics and Public Policy | 3 | __SIC |
| ECON | 370 | Economics of Poverty and Inequality | 3 | __SIC |
| OTM | 370 | Sustainable Approaches to System Improvement | 3 | |
| A A E / INTL ST | 373 | Globalization, Poverty and Development | 3 | __SIC |
| C&E SOC / CURRIC / ENVIR ST | 405 | Education for Sustainable Communities | 3 | __SIC |
| F&W ECOL | 410 | Principles of Silviculture | 3 | __BIC |
| ENVIR ST | 417 | Sustainability Science, Technology and Policy | 1 | __NIC |
| A A E / F&W ECOL | 430 | Decision Methods for Natural Resource Managers | 3 | __SIC |
| ENVIR ST / HISTORY / LEGAL ST | 430 | Law and Environment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives | 3 | b_ZIC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 439 | US Environmental Policy and Regulation | 3 or 4 | __SIC |
| ECON / ENVIR ST / POLI SCI / URB R PL | 449 | Government and Natural Resources | 3 or 4 | __SIC |
| A A E / ECON | 474 | Economic Problems of Developing Areas | 3 | __SIC |
| CIV ENGR | 494 | Civil and Environmental Engineering Decision Making | 3 | |
| ENVIR ST / F&W ECOL | 515 | Natural Resources Policy | 3 | b_SIC |
| CIV ENGR | 522 | Hazardous Waste Management | 3 | |
| ENVIR ST / PHILOS | 523 | Philosophical Problems of the Biological Sciences | 3 | __ZAC |
| A A E / ECON / F&W ECOL | 531 | Natural Resource Economics | 3 | __SIC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 534 | Environmental Governance: Markets, States and Nature | 3 | ___AC |
| C&E SOC / ENVIR ST / SOC | 540 | Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability | 3 | __SIC |
| C&E SOC / SOC | 541 | Environmental Stewardship and Social Justice | 3 | __SAC |
| URB R PL | 551 | Climate Action Planning: Sustainable Transportation | 3 | ___AC |
| ENVIR ST / GEOG | 557 | Development and Environment in Southeast Asia | 3 | __SAC |
| C&E SOC / SOC | 573 | Community Organization and Change | 3 | __SAC |
| ENVIR ST | 613 | Reproducibility Crises and Open Science in Environmental Studies | 3 | __NAC |
| CIV ENGR / M&ENVTOX / SOIL SCI | 631 | Toxicants in the Environment: Sources, Distribution, Fate, & Effects | 3 | __BAC |
| R M I | 650 | Sustainability, Environmental and Social Risk Management | 2 or 3 | |
| REAL EST | 651 | Green - Sustainable Development | 3 |
Water
| Department | Course | Title | Credits | geBLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATM OCN / GEOSCI | 105 | Survey of Oceanography | 3 or 4 | __PEC |
| ZOOLOGY | 115 | Freshwater: Past, Present, and Future | 3 | __BEC |
| ATM OCN / SOIL SCI | 132 | Earth's Water: Natural Science and Human Use | 3 | __PEC |
| CIV ENGR | 311 | Hydroscience | 3 | |
| ENVIR ST / ZOOLOGY | 315 | Limnology-Conservation of Aquatic Resources | 2 | __BIC |
| ZOOLOGY | 316 | * Laboratory for Limnology-Conservation of Aquatic Resources | 2 or 3 | __BIC |
| CIV ENGR | 320 | Environmental Engineering | 3 | |
| CIV ENGR | 322 | Environmental Engineering Processes | 3 | |
| ENVIR ST / LAND ARC | 361 | * Wetlands Ecology | 3 | __BIC |
| BSE | 473 | Water Management Systems | 3 | |
| ENVIR ST / ZOOLOGY | 510 | Ecology of Fishes | 3 | __BIC |
| ENVIR ST / ZOOLOGY | 511 | * Ecology of Fishes Lab | 2 | __BAC |
| G L E / GEOSCI | 627 | Hydrogeology | 3 or 4 | ___IC |
| G L E / GEOSCI | 629 | Contaminant Hydrogeology | 3 | ___AC |
Multi-thematic
| Department | Course | Title | Credits | geBLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENVIR ST / SOIL SCI | 101 | Forum on the Environment | 1 or 2 | __WEC |
| ENVIR ST | 202 | Careers in the Environment | 2 | ___EC |
| ENVIR ST | 203 | Special Topics in Environmental Studies | 1 to 3 | ___EC |
| ENVIR ST | 215 | Sustainability | 3 | __WEC |
| ENVIR ST / ILS | 255 | Introduction to Sustainability Science | 4 | __PEC |
| ENVIR ST | 326 | Sustainability Tools: Systems Thinking & Life Cycle Assessment | 3 | __NIC |
| ENVIR ST | 365 | Systems Thinking | 3 | __NIC |
| ENVIR ST | 398 | * Independent Study: Sustainability Community Engagement | 1 | ___IC |
| ENVIR ST | 400 | Special Topics in the Environment: Biological Aspects of Envir St | 1 to 4 | __BIC |
| ENVIR ST | 401 | Special Topics: Environmental Perspectives in the Physical Sciences | 1 to 4 | __PIC |
| ENVIR ST | 402 | Special Topics: Social Perspectives in Environmental Studies | 1 to 4 | __SIC |
| ENVIR ST | 403 | Special Topics in Environmental Studies | 1 to 3 | ___IC |
| ENVIR ST | 404 | Special Topics in Environmental Humanities | 1 to 3 | __HIC |
| CIV ENGR / G L E | 421 | Environmental Sustainability Engineering | 3 |